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When you use one of the county boat ramps to launch your yaks, do you have to buy a permit?
Do you have to pay the $5 at Truxton park?
Just wondering.
John
If you launch your kayak at Truxton park and do not have a trailer, functionally you don't need to pay the fee. The only way the county knows if a car parked in the lot used the boat ramp and not the park itself is the presence of a trailer.
When I do launch there, I don't use the main boat ramp anyway. I slide my kayak down a short grassy slope to the small beach.
There is no fee at Jonas Green. There is a fee to get into Sandy Pt State park.
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I have launched at Truxton park, when the attendant is there. It is free for car top kayak launching. The fee is for the ramps. The ramp fee used to be just on the weekend.
Don't know, but in Charles County it varies from park to park- some parks charge a user fee to get in- like Gilbert Run is $4 per vehicle and free ramp to launch once you are in the park-
Point Lookout has a user fee to get into the park and a per head charge-
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it says fee/permit for all trailers, and has a ph number where you might be able to get clarification. i've tried phone clrification with kent county and was told by phone that it was free for kayak, but find a sign at the parking area with a written policy on the sign that seems clear they want a fee for all launches, trailer or not. written policy rules in that case. but whatever policy you're following, the officer on the scene rules.
traditionally, another option was to park legally at side of road and launch next to a bridge; assumably in the respective county's right of way, ie not trespassing on private property.
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